Smac showcases innovations at Tecnargilla 2010

A host of possibilities is available for decorating clay roofing tiles and facing bricks (extruded and water-struck bricks). The most important methods include centrifugal disc glazing, spraying and dry decoration. All three permit the production of modern bricks as well as the imitation of antique decorations, which was successfully introduced in the 1970s and is still popular.

For clay roofing tiles, the most common method of application is the atomization of liquid engobes or glazes with the help of rotating packs of discs. The diameter of the discs and the rotational velocity of the disc...

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